Coil-guard for safety-pins.



M. T. GOLDSMITH.

COIL GUARD FOR SAFETY PINS. APPLICATION rum) NAILS, 1911.

1,030,076, Patented June 18, 1912.

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ATTORNEY COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co.,wAsHlNu'r0N, mt.

UNTTE MARCUS T. GOLDSMITH, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

COIL-GUARD FOR SAFETY-PINS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARCUS T. GOLD- SMl'lI-I, a subject of the Czar of Russia, and a resident of Newarlgin the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have made and invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coil-Guards for Safety-Pins, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to coil guards for safety pins, formed from a single piece of wife and having a coil intermediate its ends, and the object thereof is to provide an improved guard for the coil of the pin, the purpose of which guard is to prevent the cloth or fabric secured by the pin from becoming wedged in the coil thereof.

lVith the above object in view, my inven tion consists in the improved coil guard for safety pins hereinafter described and claimed, and illustrated in the drawing accompanying and forming a part of this application.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a view showing a safety pin inside elevation, and provided with my improved coil guard; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing certain parts of the pin in a different position; Fig. 3 is a view showing a section upon a plane indicated by the line ma, Fig. 2, and Fig. 3 is a view showing a section upon a plane indicated by the line -;2 Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, in which is illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be seen that it is shown as applied to a pin comprising the arm 10 provided with a pointed end 11, the opposite end of the arm being coiled to form a spring 11 and bent into a second arm 12. This latter arm 12 is bent to form a loop 13, and then bent upwardly into the Vertical arm 14, the extreme upper end of the arm being bent or turned over to form a catch 15, with which, when the pin is in its closed adjustment, as illustrated in Fig. 1, engages the pointed end 11 of the arm 10, but which arm, when released from the catch 15, springs into the opened position as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 3, 1911.

Patented June 18, 1912.

Serial No. 612,037.

The pin is shown as provided with a lock, preferably formed from sheet metal, and comprising the tube 16, and the two side plates l717,. these plates fitting over the loop 13, and punched or struck inwardly at 18 in order to pivotally 'lock the same to the pm.

In order to prevent the cloth or fabric from catching into the coil spring 11 I e1nploy a coil guard A, which forms the subject matter of this application. This guard consists of a single piece of metal cut or stamped from a sheet, and so shaped as to form two tongue portions B which are bent or folded around the single strand of wire forming a portion of the coil 11*, and the ends of which meet within the coil 11 as shown in Fig. 3 The guard further consists of the vertical part or portion 0, extending transverse to and between the arms 10 and 12, and in the upper and lower ends of which are formed recesses in which rest the arms 10 and 12 of the pin proper, as illustrated in section in Fig. 3 this portion C of the guard thereby completely protecting the spring 11 from catching and wedging the cloth or fabric therein, and the tongue portion B thereof serving to secure the guard in position and to the pin.

that I claim is The combination with a safety pin formed from a piece of wire bent to provide two arms and a coil spring between said arms, of a coil guard extending transverse to the arms aforesaid and having a recess at each end within which said arms lie, said coil guard being provided with means engaging the coil aforesaid for securing said guard in position and to said pin.

Signed at New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 24th day of February, A. D. 1911.

MARCUS T. GOLDSMITH.

A. V. WALsH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, I). G. 

